Espargaro’s last-lap Barcelona MotoGP blunder “a nice gift” – Zarco

Zarco was the only rider in the leading group to run with the hard rear tyre as he hoped it would offer him a late-race advantage when those ahead on the medium started to suffer tyre wear.

The degradation on the hard rear proved more than Zarco was expecting, and he was resigned to finishing fourth in Sunday’s race.

But Espargaro’s blunder in miscounting how many laps he had left…